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At 07:33 PM 03/10/01, you wrote:
>--- Dhirendra Kulkarni <dkulkarni@ptc.com> wrote:
> > is it that if at all i want to customise any task then only i need
> > source?. If iam using ant built in tasks with my own build.xml fie then
> > i do not need source?
> >
> > I did whatever u said and ran the sample build.xml u had written and
> > it is successful
> >
> > Now i want clearly understand this
>
>If you're just using Ant as your build-tool, you don't need any of the Ant
>source -- just put your build-process together into Ant build-files and
>run 'ant' accordingly.
>
>If you want to write a new task, you shouldn't need the Ant source, either
>. You should be able to just compile your own task source-file(s), using
>'ant', which will include Ant's jar-files in the classpath.
I'd add that if and when you start writing your own tasks, having the
source there is quite useful - examples are always handy...
(Though, of course, I have to agree with Diane: I've been using ant for the
last year and I think I've only built it the once - and then only to see if
I could ;)
Jim
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